The year was 1919. Two missionaries, returning to their respective missions visit the Berriz Convent School. Later, on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph, Mother Margarita Maturana begins Mercedarian Missionary Youth in the school to help organize the students desire “to do more” for the missions. Later in November of that same year,
For the past three weeks, the “Liturgy in our Diocese” focused on the Celebration of Christian Funerals in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa. This week, our focus is on the actual FUNERAL MASS. The following information is taken directly from the Funeral Guidelines for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa as approved by Bishop Ryan Jimenez
Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied
The fullness of ministering to the people of God in a particular community is the responsibility of the bishop. However, even from the beginning of the church it was clear that one person could not possibly fulfill this responsibility on his own. This responsibility was shared by presbyters (priests) and deacons from within the community.
FINE’NA NA TINAITAI 2 Kgs 5, 14-17 Un tinaitai ginin i sigundu na Lepblun i Manrai Humånåo påpa’ si Naaman gi Sadduk Hotdån ya ha supuk gui’ sietti biåhi sa’ put i sinangåni gui’ as Elisha, i taotåo Yu’us. I sinsen-ña mama’sensin un dikiki’ na påtgun, ya mana’gåsgas gui’ ginin i chetnut
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time by Rev. Fr. Charlie Borja, Santa Soledad Parish
It was a global Breaking News on Friday, April 27, 2018 when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked across the demilitarized zone border separating North and South Korea to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in. According to the news, it was an unprecedented historic meeting of two Korean Heads since the 1950-53 Korean War. As
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time by Sr. Emma Lusterio, Pastorelle Sisters-Saipan
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God wants everyone to take a risk to share with others the gifts he has given to them — their life, talents and his love, Pope Francis said. Opening the Extraordinary Missionary Month at a prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 1, the pope said God “is asking you not
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will highlight the important role of memory and storytelling across generations as a way to bring people together in a world marked by discord and division, the Vatican said. The pope believes that memory — far from being a static, inflexible recollection of the past — has dynamic and
